He said this during an appearance in Sunday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today.
This announcement ended months of conjecture that she might be reinstated to her former position.
GLAD TIDINGS NEWS reported
Tinubu suspended the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty
Alleviation, Betta Edu, from office, over an alleged N585m scandal in
the Ministry. The President also directed Chairman of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to conduct a thorough investigation
into all aspects of the financial transactions involving the Federal
Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, as well as one
or more agencies thereunder.Onanuga said on Edu’s permanent exit: “I
think there is another person from Cross River in the cabinet. Betta Edu
is gone. Don’t forget that she was suspended in January, and this is
October.
“No, she is gone. Her position has been taken over by someone else — that’s the man from Plateau (Nentawe) who is now assuming the role. For this government, there is no place for her in the cabinet.”
Onanuga added: “The EFCC has not shared whatever they have, but if you consider the president’s action, it suggests that the EFCC may have submitted something that justified the president’s decision.”
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